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Mike Clark’s girls track rankings

By  Mike Clark mclark@suntimes.com
   
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Mike Clark’s girls track rankings

With last week’s rank

1. Lincoln-Way East (1)

2. Neuqua Valley (2)

3. Homewood-Floss. (3)

4. New Trier (5)

5. WW South (9)

6. Glenbard West (4)

7. West Aurora (7)

8. Evanston (8)

9. Lake Park (6)

10. Glenbard North (10)

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